If there's one thing that the Houston Rockets and Ime Udoka are going to do every game, it's set the level of physicality earlier in often. In the first half of their Game 4 matchup against the Golden State Warriors,

Game 4 was, obviously, a disappointing finish for the Houston Rockets, who were in a nip-and-tuck battle against the Warriors throughout. Ultimately, Golden State won, 109-106, taking a 3-1 lead in the series.

Fred VanVleet scored 26 points, Amen Thompson added 25 and the Houston Rockets avoided elimination with a 131-116 rout of the Golden State Warriors in Game 5 of a first-round playoff series.